Folding automobile camp-table



R. BIHOLLAND.

FOLDING AUTOMOBILE CAMP TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.20. 19I8. 1,339,028. Patented y 4,1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET lgrwwvbom R. B. Holland R. B. HOLLAND.

FOLDING AUTOMOBILE CAMP TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1918.

1,339,028. Patented May 4,1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT B. HOLLAND, or reams, WASHINGTON.

FOLDING AUTOMOBILE OAMPFTAIBLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT l3. HOLLAND,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Automobile Camp-Tables; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and relatively inexpensive folding camp table adapted especially for use as a part of the equipment of an automobile and so constructed that when folded it will serve as a kit or receptacle for dishes and other camp utensils and may be compactly stored in the bottom of the automobile upon the floor between the front and rear seats, to constitute a proper and convenient foot rest upon which the carpet may be spread, so that it occupies no otherwise valuable space within the car, there being no detachable parts or elements of the table itself, all of the supporting and bracing means being foldable within the contour of the shell represented by the table top and constituting the walls of the receptacle when the device is in the folded condition.

Further objects and advantages will appear hereinafter, it being understood that changes in form and proportions to adapt the device for use in connection with cars of different makes, and within the scope of the appended claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table constructed in accordance with the invention, arranged in the operative or set-up position. v

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view showing one pair of the end supporting legs and their connecting braces.

Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view at an intermediate point to show the center leg and its means of mounting.

Fig. 41 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the center of the table to further show the center leg.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view showing the table folded.

Specification. of Letters Batent. Application filed April 20, 1918. Serial No. 229,816.

11.?ateirted aya; 1920.

' foldable memberslO and l1,having depending flanges 12 and 13 the end portions of which at the center division line 14 between 8 the top members are pivotally connected as shown at 15 so as to adapt the table top members to be folded bottom to bottom or face to face with the said depending flanges abutting their edges to constitute an in closed rece'ptacle as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6. r The corner or end legs of the structure are of angleiron, those which are mounted upon the'member 10, and which are designated as 16, having their concave sides facing inwardly or toward the body of the table -with their outer flanges pivotally mounted as at 17 upon the depending flanges of said table member while the legs 18, which are pivotally mounted as at 19 upon the member 11 of said table top, have their concave sides facing outwardly or in the same direction as the legs 16. Connecting the transverse flanges 16 of the legs 16 are the crossed braces 20, riveted or otherwise secured terminally and at their intersecting points and correspondingly connecting the transverse flanges 18 of the legs 18 at the other end of the table are thecrossed braces 21. These end leg structures are held in their normal or extended and operative positions by means of jointed angle braces 22 and 23, the elements of which are terminally pivoted to the flanges of the table legs 16 and 18 and are pivotally connected at their adjacent ends, suit-able stops 24 and 25 being provided to maintain said brace elements in their alined positions, so as to maintain the leg members in their proper positions. Also located at an intermediate point of the table top, adjacent to the joints 14 between the members thereof, is a center leg 26, preferably forked at its upper end as shown at 27 and pivoted to lugs 28 secured to the under surface. or as it may more preferably be top, the proximate ends of the elements of said brace being pivotally connected as with the braces 22 and 23 and having a ,st0p 32 to limit relative movement thereof in one direction.

. When the table is to be folded, it is more convenient to invert it and break-the ointed braces of the terminal leg structures, folding the latter inwardly against the surfaces of the top members, and as the angular leg members 16 and 18 are arranged with their concave surfaces facing in a common direction, as above described, the leg members 16 being somewhat closer together than the leg members 18, the compact folding of the leg structures Without interference of the crossed braces 20 and 21, when the table top members are brought to the position indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, is assured. Obviouslythe center leg should be folded after breaking the brace member 29 and it in turn will lie within the space between the terminal leg members 16 and 18.

In addition to-the various leg and bracing structures being thus housed within the space represented by the table top members, there isamplecapacity afforded for the convenient storing of metal dishes, such as plates, knives, "forks, spoons, etc.-, camp ax and the like. Also if desired draperies, suc'lras tablecloths, napkins and'the like may also be arranged'therein and thus prote'c'ted against dust and moisture.

The folded table may, as above noted, be arranged'upon the floor of the car beneath the ordinary rug employed therein, and the structure of the same when foldedis such as re -safel bear the weight of the occupants of the car without crushing or distortion.

It is also obvious that the capacity within the folded table may be increased by increasing the depth of the flanges formed thereon, 'and ;f0r-- convenience in handling the device when folded a folding handle 33 may be arranged upon one end thereof.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

A folding table having a top provided with end sections pivotally connected and provided with depending flanges for abutting contact at their free edges when the secions are folded, supporting structures car ried adjacent the outer ends of the top sections and each having side legs formed of .angle iron, the side flanges of the supporting legs of one top section extending toward the inner end thereof and the side flanges of the supporting legs for the second top section extending toward the outer end thereof, cross braces connecting the'supporting legs of each si'ipporting structure, bracing brackets for the supporting structures formed of sections pivot-ally connected togetl'ler at their adjoining ends and having their upper and lower ends pivotally connected with the table top and with the side flanges of the supporting legs, and a supporting leg pivotally connected with one of the top sections adjacent its inner end.

In testimony whereof Iafiixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT E. HOLLAND.

Witnesses: 7

Jive. Burner, A. D. 'KALKrNs. 

